Thursday, May 17, 2007

Walk 4 Hearing

Last Saturday we went on a Walk 4 Hearing. I never thought I would actually go to a Walk 4 anything! Josiah's compay was participating s of course we agreed to walk too. It was fun The walk was 2 miles (we culd have done 4.3, but 2 was enough).

This first picture is the back of the shirts they made for us to wear with the company name on it.Mitch, far left, has severe hearing loss. His wife (not pictured) also has hearing los, but their 5 year old son does not. Next to Mitch is Matt, Alan (the head of the IT), Josiah, myself, and in the stroller hiding from the sun is Dillon.The company raised over 900 for research and it was nice to go on a walk with some of the men Si works with.

We were able to hand out several of Dillon's tracts. I told Josiah afterwards - it was nice...no one gave Dillon tat "second look". No one thought anything of his problems. I think he was the youngest with hearing aids, altough there were several kids with them. There was even a little boy (about 2-3) with the implant. I did not personally see him, but it was the first time I have seen adults with the implant.

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Why the Platypus?

This blog is the thought process as I learn to care for my children and depend only on God through the special situation He has given to us. I hope it will bring God glory, it is through his strength and grace that I care for my children.

Why the platypus you may ask? When I first tried to think of something in nature that people think is a mistake I thought of the platypus. It is a weird creature that many scientists thought was a prank, they didn't believe it was a real animal. They thought it was a mistake. God made NO mistakes when He created Dillon, He made NO mistakes when He allowed Dillon to have brain damage, and He made NO mistakes in giving us our other three children. Dillon is 5, JayDonn is 4, Truett is almost 2 and Hadassah's was born in September.